News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
Although the month of Ramadan is usually the source of many broadcast television series, this “special” year is turning habits upside down. Producers have stopped filming because of the coronavirus epidemic. Many studios have had to close their doors, leaving new series incomplete. In Lebanon and Kuwait all productions are suspended. In Egypt, one of …
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The organisers of the 18th Cyprus Film Days International Festival had created a new event for this year: the Industry Days Dot.on.the.map. Planned to take place from April 3rd to 11th, the main festival had to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, the Industry Days were maintained and happened online from April 9th …
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At the beginning of January Dimitri Logothetis announced that his next film, Man of War, would be shot on the island of Cyprus. At the end of March the producer announced that work was continuing despite government restrictions imposed by the coronavirus outbreak. So Man of War is in pre-production and on schedule – finalizing …
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The 22nd Docaviv, the international documentary film festival in Tel Aviv, has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement the festival director said: “our aim is to move forward – not in panic or sadness, but with hope for the future.” For this reason the Docaviv organisers decided to postpone the event, …
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Swiss director Julia Bünter has produced her first feature, Fiancées. Her previous credits include Jour J (2014), selected for various festivals (in particular the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival) and À la maison (2015). Filmed in Egypt, Fiancées follows three young women as they head towards marriage. Bünter’s aim was to make a film portrait …
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The ZoomInWomen festival is part of a collaboration between Zatek (the Cairo-based Digital Museum of Women, an on-line system to help women’s emancipation) and the British Embassy, which in 2016 created Inspire Egypt, an event for Egyptians wanting to change their society’s attitudes to women. ZoomInWomen is a travelling event, using short films to show …
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Syrian director Feras Fayyad was nominated for an Academy Award this year in the Best Documentary Film category for The Cave. In 2018 he was nominated in the same category for Last Men in Aleppo,following volunteer rescue teams in the heart of Aleppo after five years of war. The background of The Cave is the …
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